[TowerTalk] How far from the house?

[Buck - N4PGW]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Jordan
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:57 AM
> To: Blake Bowers
> Cc: towertalk reflector; Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS)
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How far from the house?
> 
> If you live where there are potential ice storms you want the tower as
> far from the house as possible if for only one reason.  Chunks of ice
> falling off the tower make a lot of noise when they hit the roof over
> your bedroom and if those ice chunks are large enough they make big
> holes in your roof and ceiling.
> 
> Good Luck,
> dave
> wa3gin
> 
> Blake Bowers wrote:
> 

Even little holes are Pains in the ....

I don't have the problem with ice from antennas, but every year I am
patching small holes in the roof made by falling tree limbs.

Buck